12
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot
bear them now.

As chapter 15:15 already points
out, Jesus did not tell them everything. Life would be to short for
the “everything” as the author of the SAB interprets
it. But he told them everything they needed to know. In this verse he
tells them there are more things. Things such as the abolition of the
law of Moses, and that the distinction between clean and unclean would
disappear (Acts 10:13-15), but which they could not bear at the moment. As
John Gill points out:

because of their prejudices in favor of their own nation, the
law of Moses, and the ceremonies of it, and the setting up of a
temporal kingdom

13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you
things to come.

14
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of
mine, and shall shew it unto you.

15
All things that the
Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall
shew it unto you.

16
A little while, and ye shall not see
me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the
Father.

17
Then said some of his disciples among themselves,
What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see
me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the
Father?

18
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A
little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

19
Now Jesus knew that
they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among
yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and
again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

20
Verily, verily, I
say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and
ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is
come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more
the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

22
And ye
now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall
rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

23
And in that day
ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall
ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

"Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
my name, he will give it you.
O Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Who prays to God, must believe that he exists,
Heb. 11:6. As the author of the
SAB does not believe in God, his prayer will not be answered. But
if there are readers unsure if God will hear them, they should read
“God
knows my size”:

This is the question 13-year-old Silvia faced. Her teachers
laughed at the mere idea of god. Yet her parents and pastor not only
believed in God, but served him devotedly. Which of them was right?
So Silvia decided to find out for herself if God was real. She asked
Him for three things--a pair of shoes, a sweater, and a coat. For a
large, poor, Christian family in communist Romania, these things were
almost impossible to buy. How could she expect a
miracle?

24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall
receive, that your joy may be full.

25
These things have I spoken
unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto
you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

26
At
that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray
the Father for you:

27
For the Father himself loveth you, because
ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

28
I
came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the
world, and go to the Father.

29
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now
speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

30
Now are we sure that
thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by
this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

The author of the SAB asks if Jesus knew all things. As
God he did, as human he did not, see Matthew 8:10, and as mediator between God and men he was only given
certain things to reveal, and not others, see Mark 13:32.
In this verse the disciples profess that Jesus is God, because he knew
and answered the questions they had in their hearts, see verse 19, in the subsequent verses. Only God can know what is in
a man's heart.

31
Jesus answered them,
Do ye now believe?

32
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now
come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me
alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.

Jesus makes here a clear distinction between peace in
him and tribulation in the world. In the same verse. Perhaps the
author of the SAB finds it contradictory that people can have peace in
Jesus, while being persecuted. It is probably not something that can
be explained, but it is experienced. To this very day.